A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement
Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement is rare especially without liver and lungs tissue involvement. We describe a 12-year-old male patient referred to Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Iran in Jul 2020 due to chronic pericardial effus...
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oai:doaj.org-article:b1094c14ea2845089a895b7394440a612021-12-02T19:21:44ZA Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement2251-60852251-6093https://doaj.org/article/b1094c14ea2845089a895b7394440a612021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/23153https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6085https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6093 Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement is rare especially without liver and lungs tissue involvement. We describe a 12-year-old male patient referred to Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Iran in Jul 2020 due to chronic pericardial effusion and suspected tuberculosis infection from Afghanistan. Echocardiography revealed a cystic lesion in the interventricular septum. Thoracic and abdominal computed tomography showed no similar cystic lesion in the lungs and liver. The patient underwent open-heart surgery for cystectomy and medical treatment with albendazole. Histological examination confirmed hydatid cyst diagnosis. The patient was discharged in good condition and oral albendazole was continued. Mohammad Reza KhalilianAli Reza NorouziHassan ZamaniSeyed Khalil Forouzan NiaSomayyeh Noei TeymoordashTehran University of Medical SciencesarticleCardiac hydatid cystInterventricular septumPediatricsPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENIranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 50, Iss 11 (2021) |
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Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Cardiac involvement is rare especially without liver and lungs tissue involvement. We describe a 12-year-old male patient referred to Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Iran in Jul 2020 due to chronic pericardial effusion and suspected tuberculosis infection from Afghanistan. Echocardiography revealed a cystic lesion in the interventricular septum. Thoracic and abdominal computed tomography showed no similar cystic lesion in the lungs and liver. The patient underwent open-heart surgery for cystectomy and medical treatment with albendazole. Histological examination confirmed hydatid cyst diagnosis. The patient was discharged in good condition and oral albendazole was continued.
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Mohammad Reza Khalilian Ali Reza Norouzi Hassan Zamani Seyed Khalil Forouzan Nia Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash |
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Mohammad Reza Khalilian Ali Reza Norouzi Hassan Zamani Seyed Khalil Forouzan Nia Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash |
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Mohammad Reza Khalilian |
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A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement |
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A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement |
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A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement |
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A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement |
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A Rare Case of Cardiac Hydatid Disease without Liver and Lungs Involvement |
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rare case of cardiac hydatid disease without liver and lungs involvement |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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